Health & Resilience

Improving resilience through climate adaptation technologies

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The opportunity for resilience

As the global population grows, so does the need for critical, life-sustaining systems and infrastructure. Our Health & Resilience investments catalyze innovations that strengthen and connect communities while bolstering resilience, protecting natural resources, improving health outcomes, and advancing economic opportunity. Our Theory of Change illustrates how our investments in climate adaptation technologies and infrastructure increase access to essential services and build more resilient social, economic, and environmental systems.

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Investment focus sectors

We invest across five sectors where Autodesk’s expertise in architecture, engineering, construction, and design and manufacturing can accelerate scale and growth.

AgTech

Ensure sustainable, reliable access to healthy and affordable food globally.

Energy access

Power business, healthcare, and life-sustaining infrastructure with clean energy.

WASH innovation

Ensure access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) for improved quality of life.

Built environment

Accelerate the development of affordable housing and reliable infrastructure.

Intermediaries

Support catalytic funding to accelerate life-improving innovations.

Our portfolio

Our Health & Resilience portfolio of nonprofits, startups, and intermediary funders primarily focuses on regions most vulnerable to climate change, including Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and South America. In addition to capital, our portfolio has access to Autodesk resources through in-kind support, including technology, training, pro bono consulting, storytelling, and networks.

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Portfolio impact

Through our impact measurement and management practice, we evaluate the impact of our Health & Resilience portfolio based on outcomes related to environmental protection, community health and well-being, and economic advancement as measures of increased resilience.

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In 2025, the Health & Resilience portfolio achieved the following:*

28.3 million

individuals reached with resilient solutions in housing and infrastructure, energy access, agricultural productivity, and economic development (cumulative)**

770,000

metric tons CO2e emissions reduced

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*Based on data that were self-reported by portfolio organizations.

**Cumulative data from organizations, since their inception, that were a part of the Health and Resilience portfolio in 2025.

Read the Autodesk Foundation FY26 Impact Report for more details.

Impact in action

Explore the ways our Health & Resilience portfolio fosters health and enhances community resilience through technological innovation.

BUILD HEALTH INTERNATIONAL

Expanding affordable healthcare access

Build Health International completed 35 health infrastructure projects in more than 20 countries in 2023. Using Autodesk Construction Cloud and BIM Collaborate, BHI plans to scale its efforts.

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MASS DESIGN GROUP

Embodying conservation in design

The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund is a MASS Design Group project that embodies principles of conservation and sustainability in all aspects of its design, construction, and operation.

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BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY

Connecting isolated communities

To scale its impact and connect more communities with its trail bridges, Bridges to Prosperity created a geospatial tool that uses AI and machine learning to analyze site data.

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The change we’re accelerating

Learn more about our Theory of Change and the role of risk-tolerant, patient capital in creating a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.

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